![]() ![]() ![]() Tighten knot and secure with a second knot. Tie a single knot (like the first step of tying your shoes) then gently remove yarn from Loome. ![]() Take a new piece of yarn and push it through the space in the center of your yarn.īring the yarn to the top surface of your Loome, opposite the side with the cut tails. Secure yarn in the same notch as the beginning tail and cut yarn close to the Loome. Secure tail of pink yarn in a notch on the wide side of the Loome tool. Repeat until you have 24 orange poms and three yellow poms! Cut a 2.5” inch circle from a piece of cardboard or cereal box, place it on top of your flattened pom pom and trim around the perimeter so that the flat pom pom is nice and round. Follow instructions here to learn how to properly tie and trim your pom pom.įluff out your pom pom pancake and flatten it so that the interior pom pom string is concealed. You can find all the steps for making perfect pom poms here in The Neon Tea Party’s free video lesson, How to Make Pom Poms!įor these poms, wrap yarn 140 total revolutions on the wide side of your Loome tool or a 2.25” piece of cardboard. *Supplies marked with a * are included in The Neon Tea Party’s Pom Pom & Tassel DIY Kit!įor this project, you’ll want to make 24 large orange pom poms and three large neon yellow pom poms. 6’ strand of worsted weight (standard) yarn.5” circle cut out of cardboard or a cereal box.Wooden beads - 52 large round + assorted smaller decorative ones.Loome pom pom & tassel tool* or cardboard.Mexican acrylic yarn * in Mandarin orange (at least two skeins), Neon Yellow (called “Fluorescent Green”) and Hot Pink (called “Mexican Pink”).This non-perishable iteration of the season’s ubiquitous orange garlands can be used to decorate your home, ofrenda, or Día de Muertos themed fiesta this year and for years to come! In keeping with Aztec tradition, some families also create paths of aromatic cempasúchil petals from their homes to their ofrendas to guide the spirits with the scent of the flowers. Since this year has been the Year of the Pom Pom for The Neon Tea Party, we knew we had to create something that fuses our favorite craft with our favorite holiday, which is how we came up with the idea for a Cempasúchil Pom Pom Garland!Ĭempasúchil (marigolds) are native to Mexico and are commonly used to decorate ofrendas (altars) for Día de Muertos. It is officially October and for both Artelexia and The Neon Tea Party, that means we only have one holiday on our minds: Día de Muertos! There is no holiday I love crafting for more than Día de Muertos as there are so many awesome, colorful projects you can make to help celebrate the occasion. ¡Hola Artelexia community! This is Marisa Morrison-crafter, pom pom expert, and founder of The Neon Tea Party back for our second DIY post with Artelexia!! We're excited to have our favorite crafter, Marisa of The Neon Tea Party, back this month with our DIY Series! ![]()
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